Angola
-
Brief
-
Impacto Socioeconómico da Pandemia Covid-19 Em Angola | April 2020 | United Nations Development Programme
-
-
News Article
-
Nações Unidas reprogramam 12,5 milhões de dólares para combate à pandemia em Angola | 14 April | África 21 Digital
-
Burkina Faso
- Blog
- The virus that spurred Burkina Faso and African nations to scale up its social safety nets | 18 August | The World Bank
- News Article
- More than 3 million people facing acute food insecurity as Burkina Faso grapples with COVID-19 and conflict | 21 August | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Cabo Verde
-
News Article
-
Programa de Assistência Alimentar arranca em todos os Concelhos do arquipélago | 07 April | A Semana
-
Cabo Verde: African Development Bank Group approves 30 million euros loan to fight COVID-19 | 28 May | African Development Bank Group
-
Cameroon
- Brief
- Cameroon - Rapid evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on employment and the labour market | 11 December | International Labour Organization
- News Article
- UNCTAD platform powers registration of over 25,000 businesses in Cameroon | 7 December | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNCTAD platform powers registration of over 25,000 businesses in Cameroon | 7 December | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Central African Republic
- News Article
- In CAR, violence against women is surging amid COVID-19 pandemic, study finds | 14 July | United Nations Development Programme
- Japan contributes US$ 2.7 million to provide lifesaving food assistance in the Central African Republic | 26 November | World Food Programme
- Report
- Témoignages clés de commerçants et bénéficiaires d’assistance monétaire | October 2020 | Ground Truth Soluitions
Chad
-
News Article
-
Tchad Covid-19: le milieu associatif vient en aide à la population | 13 April | Al Wihda News
-
Tchad - Covid-19: les réfugiés du site de Gaoui ne sont pas oubliés | 13 April | Al Wihda News
-
Côte d’Ivoire
-
News Article
-
IMF Executive Board Approves a US$886.2 Million Disbursement to Côte d’Ivoire to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic | 17 April | International Monetary Fund
-
-
Report
-
Côte d’Ivoire: COVID-19 Situation Report – #17 | 28 August | United Nations Children's Fund
-
Democratic Republic of Congo
- Brief
- Plan de réponse avril–décembre 2020 (Atténuer l’impact de la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (covid-19) sur la sécurité alimentaire) | 19 May | Food and Agriculture Organization
- News Article
- Tackling COVID-19 (Coronavirus) with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in DRC | 20 April | World Bank
- Tackling COVID-19 (Coronavirus) with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in DRC | 20 April | World Bank
Equatorial Guinea
- Report
- Equatorial Guinea: COVID-19 Situation Report – #10 | 26 August | United Nations Children's Fund
- Equatorial Guinea: COVID-19 Situation Report – #10 | 26 August | United Nations Children's Fund
Ethiopia
- Blog
- Pass-through shocks and income: The impact of COVID-19 on remittances in Ethiopia | 10 July | International Growth Centre
- Op-Ed
- Rethinking nutrition governance in Ethiopia in the light of Covid-19 | 22 May | Institute of Development Studies
- News Article
- Ethiopia: African Development Fund approves $165 million grant for national COVID-19 emergency response | 03 July | African Development Bank Group
- Report
- COVID-19 and food security in Ethiopia: Do social protection programs protect? | November 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
- COVID-19 and food security in Ethiopia: Do social protection programs protect? | November 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
Ghana
-
Blog
-
Economic relief through social safety nets during the COVID-19 crisis: the case of Ghana | 26 October | The World Bank
-
-
Brief
-
Migrants To and From Ghana: Research Note | 28 June | CoronaNet
-
-
News Article
-
President outlines method for disbursing COVID-19 Fund | 20 April | Ghana News Agency
-
COVID-19 Relief Cash For The Poor Ready | 27 November | Modern Ghana
-
-
Report
-
Ghana COVID-19 Situation Report - #9 | 26 August | United Nations Children's Fund
-
-
Webinar
-
Informing Policy on COVID-19 with Rapid Data: Results and Responses from the RECOVR Survey in Ghana | 02 July | Innovations for Poverty Action
-
Guinea
- Blog
- Civil society and government agencies in Guinea collaborate to fight against COVID-19 | 31 August | The World Bank
- Civil society and government agencies in Guinea collaborate to fight against COVID-19 | 31 August | The World Bank
Kenya
-
Blog
-
Four key policy imperatives in Kenya's fight against COVID-19 | 17 April | Alumni Network Institute of Development Studies
-
Vouchers instead of food | 18 April | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
-
Kenya needs better social protection programmes during Covid-19 | 21 April | Medium
-
Smart containment and social protection: Lessons from Kenya’s COVID-19 fight | 18 May | International Growth Centre
-
Kenya trial examines effect of universal basic income during pandemic | 10 December | Basic Income: Today
-
-
Brief
-
Emergency Response for Persons Affected by COVID-19 in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements | July 2020 | World Food Programme
-
-
Multimedia
-
Cash transfers and the wider economy: Evidence from Kenya | 20 May | VoxDev
-
-
News Article
-
A sector worth billions whose employees now lack food and jobs | 19 May | Include Platform
-
COVID-19’s impact on the elderly | 22 July | China Global Television Network Africa
-
Kenya relief bid begins to avert ‘hunger crisis’ among poor workers hit by COVID | 30 October | United Nations News
-
Gender commission wants rural women roped in Inua Jamii program | 02 November | Nation
-
New cash transfer scheme to benefit 24,000 Mombasa households | 04 November | The Star
-
-
Op-Ed
-
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | 22 March | The Conversation
-
State approves 40bn package to help poor, vulnerable families | 07 April | Daily Nation
-
Improving the Living Conditions of Cash Transfer Agents Could Curb the Spread of Covid-19 | 15 April | African Arguments
-
COVID-19 exposes need for stronger, more holistic approach to social protection | 16 November | Citizen Digital
-
-
Report
-
Kenya Emergency Appeal (April - September 2020) | 09 April | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
-
-
Statement
-
Kenya Cash Consortium provides 4,711KES/37EUR a month to support over 15,000 households affected by food and nutrition insecurity following recent floods and desert locust infestation | 21 August | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
-
Madagascar
-
Blog
-
How development policy financing can support COVID-19 response and preserve human capital | 08 April | World Bank Blogs
-
Update: Madagascar’s Joint Programme for Integrated Social Protection | 17 December | Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund
-
-
Government Information
-
Le Président de la République au Côté des Bénévoles | 31 March | Government of Madagascar
-
Malawi
- Blog
- Putting Malawi’s food system front and center to save lives and livelihoods | 29 May | World Bank Blogs
- Brief
- Social protection as a political brand Example from Malawi | July 2020 | United Nations University World Institute for Development
- News Article
- The UN is still delivering to those left behind despite the threat of COVID-19 | 27 April | The Joint SDG Fund, World Food Programme in Malawi
- Malawi launches cash aid for poor amid COVID-19 pandemic | 29 April | Al Jazeera
- Malawi to receive $45.07 million for national COVID-19 emergency response from the African Development Bank | 23 July | African Development Bank Group
- The EU supports nutrition and social protection in Malawi with €39 million | 26 October | European Commission
- Report
- Malawi Coronavirus Situation Report | 26 August | United Nations Children's Fund
- Malawi Coronavirus Situation Report | 26 August | United Nations Children's Fund
Mali
- News Article
- IMF Executive Board Approves a US$200 Million Disbursement to Mali to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic | 30 April | International Monetary Fund
- IMF Executive Board Approves a US$200 Million Disbursement to Mali to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic | 30 April | International Monetary Fund
Mauritius
-
Blog
-
The welfare of Mauritian households during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from three rounds of high-frequency surveys | 19 November | The World Bank
-
-
Government Information
-
Covid-19: Additional social measures to support and protect vulnerable groups | 04 April | Government of Mauritius
-
Covid-19: Government proposes set of measures to support households and communities | 31 March | Government of Mauritius
-
-
News Article
-
COVID-19 Solidarity Fund: Rs 7.5 million raised as at date | 27 March | Government of Mauritius
-
Mauritius heads into coronavirus storm with strong social welfare buffers | 16 April | The Conversation
-
Mozambique
- Blog
- Mozambique’s response to COVID-19: Challenges and questions | 05 May | International Growth Centre
- COVID 19 in Mozambique : A team effort to ease the economic hardship on families | 16 September | The World Bank
- Brief
- Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 in food crises (May 2020 - April 2021) | 26 May | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- News Article
- Team Europe: EU provides €100 million to Mozambique for education, health and social protection | 02 November | European Commission
- Report
- COVID-19: Adaptations to nutrition and HIV programmes in Mozambique | August 2020 | World Food Programme
- COVID-19: Adaptations to nutrition and HIV programmes in Mozambique | August 2020 | World Food Programme
Niger
-
Government Information
-
Message a la Nation du Prèsident de la République sur la situation de la pandèmie du Coronavirus (COVID-19) | 27 March | Presidency of the Republic of Niger
-
UN, Nigerian Government Launch a COVID-19 Basket Fund to Harmonize Investments in National Pandemic Response Plan | 06 April | Government of Niger
-
Nigeria
-
Blog
-
Start Where You Are: Lessons On Community-Led COVID-19 Relief Efforts | 20 April | Nigeria Health Watch
-
Ordinary Nigerians are filling the country’s major social welfare gaps amid coronavirus | 24 April | Quartz
-
Primary Health and Universal Basic Education Cuts During Covid-19 : what are the global impacts and consequences on Nigeria? | 06 July | Toyin Ojora Saraki
-
-
Brief
-
Nigeria: Guidance Note: Child Protection Service Provision And Caring For Children In The Context Of The Covid 19 Pandemic | 01 April | Child Protection Sub-Sector Nigeria
-
Nigeria food and nutrition response plan for COVID-19 pandemic | April 2020 | Government of Nigeria – Federal Ministry of Health
-
Monitoring COVID-19 Impact on Nigerian Households | 21 December | The World Bank
-
-
Legal Document
-
The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued COVID-19 Regulations 2020 | 31 April | Official Twitter Account of the Presidency of Nigeria
-
-
News Article
-
Covid-19: List of beneficiaries of Buhari’s relief measures | 30 March | The News Guru
-
School feeding programme will continue despite closure of schools – Minister | 30 March | Premium Times
-
Coronavirus – Nigeria: UN, Nigerian Government Launch a COVID-19 Basket Fund to Harmonize Investments in National Pandemic Response Plan | 06 April | CNBC Africa
-
Nigeria coronavirus: Buhari says lives, livelihoods are priority; cases hit 323 | 13 April | Africa News
-
Nigeria: Protect Most Vulnerable in COVID-19 Response | 14 April | Human Rights Watch
-
FG adopts digital payment for conditional cash transfer to vulnerable | 17 April | Guardian Nigeria
-
Feeding More Than 56,000 Displaced People Across Borno State | May 2020 | Plan International
-
Nigeria VS Coronavirus: Hardest hit least helped, informal workers | 02 June | The Africa Report
-
Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns, on ‘life-support’ | 09 June | United Nations News
-
COVID-19 is Threatening Food Security in Nigeria | 09 June | Voice of America
-
Social Protection for the Disabled in Nigeria during COVID-19 pandemic | 07 August | Dataphyte
-
COVID-19: How we fed 127,588 households during lockdown – Humanitarian Ministry | 16 November | Premium Times
-
UNDP launches cash transfers to poor, vulnerable Abuja residents | 08 December | Premium Times
-
-
Op-Ed
-
Digital financial services amid COVID-19 | 27 April | Nairametrics
-
Rwanda
-
Brief
-
Jobs in a crisis: Principles of effective public employment programmes | 20 November | International Growth Centre
-
Rwanda Country Report | 11 June | CoronaNet
-
-
News Article
-
Rwanda Distributes Free Food, Social Services in Response to COVID-19 | 29 March | The African Exponent
-
Rwanda to deliver free food to 20 000 households during coronavirus lockdown | 30 March | IOL News
-
Rwanda unveils social protection for the vulnerable during COVID-19 | 09 April | African Business
-
How COVID-19 will impact pension savings | 25 May | The New Times
-
-
Op-Ed
-
Rwanda’s established social protection floor: Key pillar in fighting the impact of COVID-19 | 03 April | The New Times
-
São Tomé e Príncipe
- News Article
- The World Bank Provides $10 million to Support São Tomé and Príncipe’s Response to COVID-19 | 21 December | The World Bank
- The World Bank Provides $10 million to Support São Tomé and Príncipe’s Response to COVID-19 | 21 December | The World Bank
Senegal
-
News Article
-
Agencies give Senegalese food aid | 30 April | The East African
-
-
Statement
-
Il est temps d’agir : Lettre adressée aux dirigeants du continent relative à la crise du Covid-19 | 14 April | Le Quotidien
-
Seychelles
-
News Article
-
Speech by President Danny Faure on the COVID-19 situation (COVID-19) | 27 March | Government of Sychelles
-
Seychelles: African Development Bank extends $10 million loan to support COVID-19 responses as economy reopens | 23 June | CBN Africa
-
Sierra Leone
-
Blog
-
Fill the gaps, feel the pain: Insights from Sierra Leone on an epidemic’s impact on local taxation, public services, and the poor | 25 March | International Centre for Tax and Development, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
-
Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 in a Fragile State: Key Findings from the RECOVR Sierra Leone Survey | 31 July | Innovations for Poverty Action
-
Somalia
-
Government Information
-
Somali President Unveiled Social Safety Net Program to reduce poverty and to improve human capital | 19 April | Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
-
-
News Article
-
Inauguration Of Social Safety Net Package Signifies An Important Step In Protecting The Poor And Fighting Poverty, Says FESTU | 19 April | Shabelle Media Network
-
$25 Million AfDB Grant For Somalia Will Bolster Budget For COVID-19 Responses | 27 July | East African Business Week
-
Somalia Scales up Social Protection Measures as COVID-19 Constrains Economic Growth | 29 October | ModernDiplomacy
-
-
Report
-
Somalia Coronavirus Situation Report | 24 August | United Nations Children's Fund
-
South Africa
-
Blog
-
SASSA’s big test: When will the emergency Covid-19 social grant be paid? | 19 May | Ground Up
-
Temporary shock or lasting poverty trap? COVID-19 in South Africa | May 2020 | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
-
Lockdown economics in South Africa: Social assistance and the Ramaphosa stimulus package | 20 Novembro | Brookings
-
-
Brief
-
COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Africa: The case of South Africa | April 2020 | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
- Bold promises, constrained capacity, stumbling delivery: the expansion of social protection in response to the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa | July 2020 | Center for Social Science Research - University of Cape Town
- Failure to feed: State, civil society and feeding schemes in South Africa in the first three months of Covid-19 lockdown, March to June 2020 | July 2020 | Center for Social Science Research - University of Cape Town
-
-
Government Information
-
Social grants - Coronavirus COVID-19 | 25 March | Government of South Africa
-
Minister Thoko Didiza announces interventions to assist agricultural sector during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 06 April | Government of South Africa
-
Western Cape Education on implementing school feeding of vulnerable learners during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 06 April | Government of South Africa
-
MEC Debbie Schäfer thanks communities for feeding schemes during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 08 April | Government of South Africa
-
SASSA changes social grant payment dates | 08 April | Government of South Africa
-
Deputy Minister Maggie Sotyu hands over food vouchers to waste pickers in Sasolburg, 9 Apr | 09 April | Government of South Africa
-
-
Multimedia
-
Podcast: Universal Basic Income in South Africa | 26 August | Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing
-
-
News article
-
COVID-19: Social welfare payments to go ahead | 19 March | Graaff Reinet Advertiser
-
Covid-19: Solidarity Fund raises R500m in a week | 31 March | IOL News
-
South Africa can – and should – top up child support grants to avoid a humanitarian crisis | 31 March | The conversation
-
Influential coalition urges President Ramaphosa to increase child support grants | 05 April | Daily Maverick
-
President, Cabinet take three-month salary cuts | 09 April | South African Government News Agency
-
Mboweni reviewing options to fight Covid-19, considers basic income grant | 14 April | Fin24
-
South Africa announces $26bn COVID-19 rescue package | 22 April | Al Jazeera
-
Covid-19: Ramaphosa’s plan is good, but the budget is insufficient | 23 April | GroundUP
-
South Africa: How to implement an emergency grant | 29 April | GroundUp
-
Coronavirus: South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on faster payment of Coronavirus COVID-19 Grants during Level 3 lockdown | 26 May | AfricaNews
-
Ensuring all Black Lives Matter in South Africa | 10 July | Toward Freedom
-
How much a basic income grant will cost South Africa | 16 July | Business Tech
-
UIF COVID-19 latest: TERS payments will extend into August | 21 July | The South African
-
Calls for government to make relief measures permanent | 15 September | Independent Online
-
South Africa: When Kids Go Hungry - Covid-19 Relief Grant Misses the Mark for Children | 19 November | AllAfrica
-
-
Op-Ed
-
Coronavirus - South Africa: Post Office remains open during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 26 March | Africa News
-
Covid-19: Relief promises for Africa's small businesses | 02 April | Deutsche Welle
-
Social protection responses to the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa | 06 April | The Conversation
-
Lockdown 2020: A humanitarian crisis is looming — where is the safety net? | 15 April | Daily Maverick
-
The choice: Social assistance or social unrest | 21 April | Daily Maverick
-
Why South Africa needs basic income support now | 21 April | Ground UP
-
How South Africa can feed its hungry children during the lockdown | 22 April | Daily Maverick
-
Our research shows why it’s vital to protect older South Africans from coronavirus | 26 April | The Conversation
-
Coronavirus: why South Africa needs a wealth tax now | 28 April | The Conversation
-
Digital cash could prove useful for Covid-19 grant payments | 19 May | Daily Mavevick
-
Are social grants reaching the people? | 15 July | FinancialMail
- Support for women informal workers is urgent as pandemic unfolds in South Africa | 08 August | The Conversation
- Feeding in a crisis: Social protection and governance during the pandemic | 19 August | Daily Maverick
-
-
Report
-
Adapting South Africa’s Social Protection System for COVID-19 | 28 April | University of Cape Town
-
Covid-19, social protection, and the labour market in South Africa: Are social grants being targeted at the most vulnerable? | July 2020 | Tim Köhler and Haroon Bhorat
-
The Covid-19 crisis and the South African informal economy: ‘Locked out’ of livelihoods and employment | July 2020 | Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner
-
Child protection and resilience in the face of COVID-19 in South Africa: Arapid review of C-19 legislation | August 2020 | Ansie Fouchéa, Francois D.Fouché and Linda C.Theron
-
-
Website
-
National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) | Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
-
South Sudan
-
Brief
-
Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and the Covid-19: South Sudan - Volume 1 | March 2020 | Norwegian Refugee Council
-
CVA-Covid-19 Risk Matrix South Sudan | 13 April | Cash Working Group South Sudan CashCap Response Team
-
Sudan
- News Article
- IMF says initial deal reached with Sudan to reform economy | 24 June | The Washington Post
- Sudan Partnership Conference: EU mobilises more support for Sudan's transition | 25 June | European Commission
Tanzania
- News Articles
- Zanzibar responds to COVID-19 economic challenges with a 20% rise to their universal social pension | 22 July | HelpAge International
Togo
-
Brief
-
Novissi solidarity fund: Exemplary cash transfers during Covid-19 | August 2020 | INCLUDE
-
-
Website
-
Indicateurs de performance du programme Novissi | Government of Togo
-
Uganda
-
Brief
-
Estimating income losses and consequences of the COVID-19 crisis in Uganda | 20 November | International Growth Centre
-
-
News Article
-
Coronavirus: Uganda Red Cross complements Government Interventions in Food Distribution across Kampala | 09 April | CNBC Africa
-
ZCTU demands US$100 cushion for vulnerable employees | 13 April | Bulaayo 24
-
Uganda: World Bank Provides $300 Million to Close COVID-19 Financing Gap and Support Economy Recover | 29 June | The World Bank
-
-
Op-Ed
-
Use Community Engagement to Identify People in Need of Relief | 23 April | Humans Rights Watch
-
COVID-19: Enhancing diets and strengthening food systems in Uganda | 28 August | New Vision
-
-
Report
-
Cash transfers and COVID-19: Experiences from Kiryandongo, Uganda | October 2020 | IDinsight
-
Zambia
- Blog
- Lessons from Zambia: How to bring adolescent girls back to school post-COVID-19 | 28 July | The World Bank
- News Article
- Zambia launches emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme | 28 July | China Global Television Network Africa
- Zambia launches emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme | 28 July | China Global Television Network Africa
Zimbabwe
- Blog
- COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe: a disaster for farmers | 27 April | Zimbabweland
- Brief
- Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 in Zimbabwe | July 2020 | United Nations Sustainable Development Group
- News Article
- Zimbabwe: WFP to Introduce E-Vouchers for 224,000 Urban Dwellers | 19 May | All Africa
- Unicef rolls out emergency cash transfer programme | 06 December | The Standard
- Informal sector appeals for increased social protection | 05 January | The Chronicle [New]
- Op-Ed
- The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on Zimbabwe’s informal economy | 20 May | Institute of Development Studies
- The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on Zimbabwe’s informal economy | 20 May | Institute of Development Studies
Regional
-
Blog
-
Covid-19 Could Push 30 Million African Children Into Poverty | 09 April | Save the Children
-
The impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on global poverty: Why Sub-Saharan Africa might be the region hardest hit | 20 April | The World Bank
-
To help respond to Covid-19, African governments should prioritise taxing the rich | 22 April | International Centre for Tax and Development
-
Building Africa’s resilience for sustainable food security post-COVID-19 | 27 April | business a.m.
-
Digital agriculture to help Africa through coronavirus | 28 April | The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
-
COVID-19 underscores need to overhaul social policies across Africa | 05 May | International Growth Centre
-
A chance for universal healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa | 13 May | United Nations Development Programme
-
Social insurance for the informal sector can be a lifeline for millions in Africa | 20 May | The World Bank
-
An inclusive response to COVID-19 for Africa’s informal workers | 29 May | The World Bank
-
COVID-19: A pivotal moment to support women farmers | 3 June | The World Bank
-
Preparing for the Covid-19 recession in sub-Saharan Africa | 10 July | Institute of Development Studies
-
Five ways governments can help small businesses in the informal sector survive Covid-19 | 14 July | Institute of Development Studies
-
World Bank must ensure new Africa energy strategy is inclusive and pro-poor | 16 July | Brettonwoods Project
-
Digital platforms have been a boon for social assistance in African countries during the pandemic | 09 September | Quartz Africa
-
World Bank on COVID-19 in Africa: Can Safety Nets Ease Social and Economic Impacts? | 15 September | Capital Finance International
-
Labor market impacts of COVID-19 in four African countries | 18 November | The World Bank
-
5 ways COVID-19 has affected children in Sub-Saharan Africa | 27 November | World Economic Forum
-
What about the successes? Positive lessons from Africa’s COVID response in 2020 | 07 January | INCLUDE [New]
-
-
Brief
-
Covid-19: Compilation Of Social Protection Measures And Resources Of Relevance To Sub-saharan Africa | 5 April | UNDP
-
Protection sociale – Garantir une réaction efficace et une reprise inclusive dans le contexte de la covid-19 en Afrique | 12 April | Food and Agriculture Organization, African Union
- The impact of the COVID-19 on the informal economy in Africa and the related policy responses | 14 April | International Labour Organization
-
COVID-19: Impacts on African economies – economic challenges and social safety net responses | April 2020 | Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network
-
Financing the coronavirus response in sub-Saharan Africa | April 2020 | Overseas Development Institute
-
Gendered Effects of Health Emergencies: The effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Women’s Wellbeing | April 2020 | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
-
Social protection: ensuring effective response and inclusive recovery in the context of COVID-19 in Africa | April 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
-
Examining the Right to Social Protection in COVID-19 Responses | May 2020 | Law Africa
-
COVID-19 Brief: Preliminary Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa | 17 June | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
-
Regional COVID-19 Situation Report for West & Central Africa 22 July 2020 | 22 July | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
-
Migrant workers and remittances in the context of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa | July 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization
-
-
Multimedia
-
Compilation of Social Protection measures in sub-Saharan Africa | 01 June | United Nations Development Programme
-
-
News Article
-
ECA estimates billions worth of losses in Africa due to COVID-19 impact | 16 March | Africa Renewal
-
How COVID-19 affects inequality in Africa | 30 March | INCLUDE
-
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Drives Sub-Saharan Africa Toward First Recession in 25 Years | 09 April | The World Bank
-
African Adaptations to the COVID-19 Response | 15 April | Africa Center for Strategic Studies
-
Africa: Mitigating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s food systems (By Atsuko Toda and Martin Fregene) | 17 April | Top Africa News
-
WHO urges countries to move quickly to save lives from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa | 23 April | World Health Organization
-
COVID-19 is exacerbating food shortages in Africa | 27 April | World Economic Forum
-
Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger Join West Africa Regional Identification Program to Help Millions of People Access Services | 28 April | The World Bank
-
Explainer: why COVID-19 provides a lesson for Africa to fund social assistance | 03 May | The Conversation
- A call for action to European governments and their Development Finance Institutions - Saving jobs in Africa | 04 May | European Development Finance Institutions
- Community Responses to COVID-19: From the Horn of Africa to the Solomon Islands | 19 May | The World
- Coronavirus crisis disrupts flow of money transfers to Africa | 23 May | Deutsche Welle
- “WURI West Africa Prize” Calls for Innovations to Include the Informal Sector in Social Protection Programs | 27 May | The World Bank
- Coronavirus could increase hunger for over 40m in Southern Africa | 04 June | Oxfam International
- Covid-19 could reverse gains made for African children, warns Save the Children | 09 June | Save the Children
- From charity to fair chances: spotlight on Social Protection during COVID-19 | 16 June | Include
- COVID-19 as an amplifier of youth employment challenges in Africa: implications for research | 17 June | Include
- Coronavirus: ‘Status quo of women not sustainable, balance must be tilted’ | 18 June | The Africa Report
- African governments are being forced to develop social welfare programs in an economic crisis | 23 June | Quartz Africa
- You’ve got money: Mobile payments help people during the pandemic | 25 June | World Economic Forum
- Emergency Trust Fund for Africa: EU mobilises almost €100 million to support the most vulnerable in the Horn of Africa | 26 June | European Commission
- Africa’s rapidly ageing population is in need of social protection, yet it continues to be largely overlooked | 02 July | Development Pathways
- UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages | 09 July | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Families suffer as East Africa remittances dry out | 30 August | Anadolu Agency
- Social protection has a key role to play in COVID-19 response | 20 November | Food and Agriculture Organization
- COVID-19: A catastrophe for children in sub-Saharan Africa | 26 November | United Nations Children's Fund
- Supporting Burkina Faso and Senegal to promote social protection | 16 December | International Labour Organization
-
-
Op-Ed
-
Africa Is Bracing for a Head-On Collision with Coronavirus | 26 March | Foreign Policy
-
A pandemic-driven food crisis in Africa can be prevented | 19 April | Al Jazeera
-
Africa: COVID-19 Impact - What Should African Countries Do? | 22 April | All Africa
-
Covid-19 in Africa: Navigating Short and Long Term Strategies | 22 April | African Arguments
-
Responsive and respectful maternity care needs protection during COVID-19 crisis | 26 April | The Conversation
-
Africa: Primary Health Care — There's a Reason it's Called Primary | 28 April | All Africa
-
Covid-19 Threatens to Starve Africa | 28 April | Bloomberg Quint
-
Leveraging the African Union’s Role in the Time of Covid-19 | 29 April | African Arguments
-
Informal workers get creative on addressing shortfalls in social security – Greater state support still needed | 02 May | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
-
A novel idea: integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic | 03 May | The Conversation
-
3 ways COVID-19 could actually spark a better future for Africa | 11 May | World Economic Forum
-
The impact of Covid-19 on those at the bottom of the pyramid in Africa | 12 May | Trócaire News
-
COVID-19 Response Must Target African Agriculture And The Rural Poor | 14 May | East African Business Week
-
Africa's population is aging and it needs social protection | 18 May | Al Jazeera
-
We Will Not Defeat COVID-19 Without Including Africa In The Global Response | 19 May | Health Times
-
Covid-19 heightens the risk of child labor, but there is a path to child-labor free cocoa | 22 May | Modern Diplomacy
-
Coronavirus: Now is the time to build a future for Africa’s informal workers | 03 June | The Africa Report
-
Young Africans need more and better jobs, not more training | 10 September | Institute of Development Studies
-
-
Report
-
COVID-19 Pandemic, a War to be Won: Understanding its Economic Implications for Africa | April 2020 | John E. Ataguba
-
Tackling Coronavirus in Africa | April 2020 | McKinsey
-
COVID-19 Impacts on African Children - How to Protect-a-generation at Risk | June 2020 | Save the Children
-
Data Collection in Fragile States: Innovations from Africa and Beyond | 2020 | The World Bank
-
Africa’s digital solutions to tackle COVID-19 | July 2020 | European Investment Bank
-
Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods, Food Security & Nutrition in East Africa: Urban Focus | 03 August | World Food Programme, United Nations Habitat
-
-
Statement
-
Statement of the African Union (AU) Labour Migration Advisory Committee (LMAC) on the novel Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 and the condition of African Migrant Workers | 14 April | African Union
-
African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) Initiative Embedding Nutrition within the Covid-19 Response and Recovery - COVID-19 Position Paper | 09 September | African Union
-
-
Website
-
Cash Transfers & COVID-19 | The Transfer Project
-
Covid-19 in the Who African Region | World Health Organization
-
Mapping Risk Factors for the Spread of COVID-19 in Africa | Africa Centre for Strategic Studies
-